Melia (plant)

Melia
Melia azedarach
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
Subfamily: Melioideae
Genus: Melia
L.[1]
Type species
Melia azedarach
L.[1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms[2]
  • Antelaea Gaertn.
  • Azedara Raf.
  • Azedarac Adans.
  • Azedarach Mill.
  • Zederachia Heist. ex Fabr.

Melia is a genus of flowering trees in the family Meliaceae.[3] The name is derived from μελία, the Greek name used by Theophrastus (c. 371 – c. 287 BC) for Fraxinus ornus,[4] which has similar leaves.[5]

  1. ^ a b Species Plantarum 1: 384-385. 1753. "Name: Melia L." Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved February 8, 2010. Type Specimen: Melia azedarach
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference POWO_327507-2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Elizabeth McClintock, Jepson Herbarium (1993). "Jepson Manuel treatment for MELIA". Jepson Flora Project. Berkeley, California: Regents of the University of California. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
  4. ^ μελία. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
  5. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. Vol. 3 M-Q. CRC Press. p. 1650. ISBN 978-0-8493-2677-6.